May 2024
Intermediate
8h 3m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
The ability to use, troubleshoot, and monitor Kubernetes as an application developer is in high demand. In response, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) developed the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) program to establish credibility and value in the job market. The exam is different from the typical multiple choice format of other certifications. It’s completely performance based, under immense time pressure, and requires deep knowledge of the tasks.
In this course, expert and CKAD Benjamin Muschko walks you through all the topics covered in the exam to fully prepare you to pass with flying colors.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- Understand the topics important to the exam and their contribution to the total score
- Gain an overview on the exam environment, as well as tips and tricks for acing the exam
- Understand just enough about Kubernetes to get started
- Interact with a Kubernetes cluster using the command line tool kubectl
This course is for you because…
- You’re a developer using Kubernetes to configure, manage, and rollout applications, and you want to obtain CKAD certification
- You want to understand the basics of Kubernetes by solving hands-on problems
- You want to become a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Prerequisites
- You should have experience working with containers, in particular Docker
- You should possess beginner-level understanding of Kubernetes concepts and the resources API
- You should have familiarity with a Unix environment and Bash commands as well as with command-line-based text editors (optimally vim) and the YAML format
- Have access the course’s GitHub repository
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